Mobile Applications

This page is a growing collection of all the mobile app coverage that has appeared in The New York Times, both in print and online. Check back often, as this page will be updated regularly. We will also feature lists of favorite apps from Times writers. Click on any of the headings below to see all the coverage of a specific app category.

Chronology of Coverage

Feb. 26, 2015

Feb. 26, 2015

Nick Bilton Disruptions column observes that Snapchat feature Snapcash, which allows users to send money using Square payments service, has led to Snapchat becoming popular platform for pornography. MORE

Feb. 20, 2015

Many professional and hobbyist photographers use film and photo-editing mobile app VSCO Cam as alternative to Instagram. MORE

Feb. 19, 2015

Machine Learning column examines new strategy on part of Microsoft to have bigger footprint in mobile market, which includes bringing its apps and services to Apple and Android devices; praises Microsoft's mobile offerings, particularly way they seem to reflect company's commitment to its new strategy. MORE

Feb. 12, 2015

Feb. 12, 2015

Molly Wood Machine Learning column describes undergoing personal challenge in which she compared workouts using personal training app versus workouts with personal trainer; notes that while live trainers can be more effective, they are much more expensive. MORE

Feb. 9, 2015

Google and Uber have prickly relationship in which they need each other, but are said to be developing products that could compete with the others; Google invested more than $250 million in Uber in 2013; in five years they could be in marketing battle over car-pooling and mapping apps, delivery services and other products. MORE

Feb. 5, 2015

Molly Wood Machine Learning column compares and contrasts variety of mobile dating applications that are trying to capitalize on popularity of dating app Tinder. MORE

Feb. 5, 2015

Feb. 5, 2015

Online antiques marketplace 1stdibs offers mobile app with features not available on website. MORE

Feb. 1, 2015

App City column on Happy, smartphone app that connects users with bars offering drink specials, both at that moment and in the future. MORE

Jan. 29, 2015

Small businesses now have access to capabilities once only available to large businesses due to enhanced program features that smartphones and loyalty apps have begun offering; businesses can use these apps to evaluate efficacy of sales and other practices in boosting customer loyalty. MORE

Jan. 29, 2015

Kit Eaton App Smart column compares mobile grammar aid applications designed for use both by native English speakers and those learning the language; recommends ZeroDesktop app QualityTime, which helps Android phone users manage their time. MORE

Jan. 26, 2015

Many websites, publishers, game makers and e-commerce firms are using personal messaging apps as platform for content and mobile commerce, with proliferating number of uses; growing popularity of apps are due to fact that they are faster to use and more intimate than older social media sites or email. MORE

Jan. 25, 2015

League, dating app for high-achieving young professionals, offers users only five potential matches a day, making experience more boutique-like. MORE

Jan. 22, 2015

Jan. 19, 2015

Microsoft is set to release plans for its new Windows 10 operating system, which will allow developers to easily adapt PC applications to mobile devices; move, an investment in mobile future, is most robust yet by new chief executive Satya Nadella, and is aimed at winning back loyalty of mobile developers; executives remain optimistic about prospects despite setbacks. MORE

Jan. 18, 2015

App City column on Memo, app that promotes water-cooler talk so that good ideas and criticism of company practices are accessible to everyone in the company, including managers. MORE

Jan. 18, 2015

Night Out With column on Michael Capponi, Miami Beach-based nightclub impresario and developer who is currently promoting his members-only night life app called InList. MORE

Jan. 15, 2015

Jan. 8, 2015

Kit Eaton App Smart column compares mobile games that are based on physics; recommends rebooted Lift app that is now called Coach.Me. MORE

Jan. 6, 2015

Companies across Silicon Valley, including Google and Facebook, are laboring to make mobile applications that can communicate with one another and the Internet as a whole; current generation of apps lack linking features, making their information nearly impossible to share, condition that harkens back to early Internet before web browsers and search engines; effort is all the more important as mobile devices emerge as major web gateway. MORE

Jan. 5, 2015

Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas will feature new wave of connected household devices that link through Internet; IDC forecasts global market for Internet of Things devices and services will surpass $7 trillion by 2020, up from $1.9 trillion in 2013; MORE

Jan. 4, 2015

App City column on Happn, dating app that helps users find people with whom they previously crossed paths without getting contact information. MORE

Jan. 4, 2015

Henry Alford spends three weeks trying to improve his life by using iPhone apps; says experience has opened his mind to new technology, but that he is irritated by the barrage of emails that followed. MORE

Jan. 2, 2015

New tax rules in Europe will raise tax on many digital content purchases like e-books and smartphone apps; increased revenue for governments could reach $1 billion; increase will be uneven in 28-nation bloc, where tech titans have moved for tax havens. MORE

Jan. 1, 2015

Kit Eaton App Smart column examines series of humorous mobile applications, from those that utilize sight gags to witty comic strips. MORE

Dec. 31, 2014

Mobile messaging service Snapchat will stitch together photos and videos from app's users at New Year's Eve celebrations around world to make documentarylike presentation; after 24 hours, like all of Snapchat's messages, entire story will disappear. MORE

Dec. 29, 2014

Japanese technology firm Mixi was formerly dominant social network in its home market, but is now strongly profiting from its hit smartphone game Monster Strike; game has been downloaded more than 20 million times, mostly in Japan, and is making Mixi about $2 million a day in revenue. MORE

Dec. 25, 2014

Dec. 21, 2014

In an effort to move fast, phone apps like Uber, Lyft and Flywheel may be placing a premium on speed and in the process sacrificing safety. MORE

Dec. 21, 2014

App City column on Memoir, free time-capsule app that creates collage of user's most cherished moments using photos and social media posts. MORE

Dec. 19, 2014

Retailers are using mannequins to entice customers into their stores, sending messages to their smartphones that includes images of outfits; it is part of effort to lure business of strictly online customers. MORE

Dec. 11, 2014

Dec. 7, 2014

Instead of scanning Twitter or playing Candy Crush in your spare time, a start-up has a way for people to make small bits of money by helping out in labor-intensive projects — one free moment at a time. MORE

Dec. 7, 2014

App City column on Parcel, delivery service operated by text message that helps New Yorkers get packages they ordered online without hassle of picking them up at mail centers. MORE

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February 26, 2015, Thursday

As more viewers move online and audiences become more global, professional sports leagues have all adopted streaming as an important way to attract younger fans around the world, and surfing leads the way.